A functional neuroimaging study assessing gender differences in the neural mechanisms underlying the ability to resist impulsive desires

Brain Research

Volumn 1473, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-77

  Diekhof, Esther K ^a,b   Keil, Maria ^a   Obst, Katrin U ^a,c   Henseler, Ilona ^a,d   Dechent, Peter ^a   Falkai, Peter ^a   Gruber, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Frontopolar cortex; Impulsivity; Psychophysiological interaction; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865470680     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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